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An ombudsman to protect soldiers from abuse in the military will be powerless
to force the Ministry of Defence to produce documents that could incriminate
the department, a group of lawyers and former officers said last night.

Draft legislation to create the post – announced by the Government earlier
this year in response to a series of critical articles in The Times about
military justice – will not change a system that is failing to handle
complaints about bullying and harassment, they said in written evidence to
the defence select committee.

Military personnel who experience abuse will remain at risk of committing